Natural Resource Industry

For thousands of years, the point of land at the junction of the Indian River and the Jupiter Inlet had been a meeting place for Indian tribes. In 1854 President Franklin Pierce signed an order for the Fort Jupiter Reservation to be the site for military defenses and a lighthouse to be built. The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse tower was completed in 1860.

A weather bureau and signal station were established on the lighthouse grounds in 1889. Flags signaled ships during the day and by flares at night.

In 1930 the area was increased to 122 acres, which included the tower, a keeper's house, a radio beacon, powerhouse and several out buildings.

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